It’s premature to speculate on where Coco Crisp’s at-bat – and subsequent game-tying hit – in Thursday’s comeback win over the Rays fits in on the list of the most significant moments in Red Sox history.It’s not Dave Roberts’ stolen base in 2004. You can only break an 86-year-old curse once in your lifetime, and nothing will ever compare to that moment when it comes to pivotal events in Red Sox lore.What made Roberts’ stolen base so memorable was more than the fact that he did it. You also have to understand that this is a team that – for decades – was built to pulverize the baseball, and despite all that, a stolen base spelled the difference between victory and defeat.But while nothing will ever top the stolen base, it’s fair to ask where Crisp’s hit ranks not only in significance, but in drama – both in a general sense and in very human terms.First, there’s the moment itself. The Red Sox were in the process of completing the most startling comeback in 79 years of postseason play and Crisp battled Tampa Bay’s Dan Wheeler for 10 pitches – including four straight foul balls – before lining one into right field with Mark Kotsay on second base.So there’s the hit. Then there’s the baserunning. Crisp had no way of knowing that right fielder Gabe Gross’ throw would be worse than J.D. Drew’s, in a similar moment, last Saturday night. So he alertly kept running to second, hoping the throw would be iffy enough to get cut off. In other words, he sacrificed himself to get the run home. It all worked, as Gross made a terrible throw, and first baseman Carlos Pena cut it off and threw to second to nail Crisp.The drama was unbelievable. After David Ortiz hit a three-run homer an inning before to propel the Red Sox back into the game (and by the way, I don’t care if Ortiz is 0-for-100; don’t you bring in a lefty to face him in that situation? Get him out and the game’s over), the electricity just surged through Fenway. Crisp’s hit just made it earsplitting.Then there’s Crisp, who is pretty much playing with house money at the moment. The Red Sox were so confident that Jacoby Ellsbury was ready to step in and be a regular that they made it known Crisp – a disappointment in his first two seasons here – was very available. When Curt Schilling went down with arm trouble, Crisp was the logical choice to trade, in hopes of getting some pitching in return.It didn’t happen, and that’s mainly because Crisp hadn’t been anything special since coming here, and was actually benched in favor of Ellsbury during last year’s postseason.It turns out the Red Sox needed Crisp badly this year. Ellsbury played like a rookie, with long stretches of ineffectiveness; and Drew was hurt as much as he was healthy. Crisp got a lot of playing time, and got hot down the stretch to contribute to the late-season surge that put the Red Sox into the playoffs.What a 180-degree turn of events. This year, it’s Ellsbury who was struggling in the postseason, and Crisp who was back in the lineup. And while he won’t call Thursday’s game redemption, he did acknowledge afterward that it was nice to be part of something like Thursday night’s epic comeback instead of watching it from the bench.So, the question before you is where – at this moment (and not extrapolating anything that might happen tonight and beyond) – does Covelli Crisp’s game-tying single rank on the list of all-important Red Sox moments?I say, considering the circumstances surrounding the game – and Crisp himself – it’s pretty darn high.Steve Krause is sports editor of The Item.